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July 24, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Eight members of Britain’s House of Lords want to see their government take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua. In an open letter, the members claimed Indonesia was trying to restrict information from West Papua amid allegations of widespread human rights abuses. In the letter published this week, the ... <a title="British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/british-lords-call-for-strong-stand-on-press-freedom-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Indonesian government is furious over the Oxford City Council’s decision to award West Papuan activist Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade, reports Kumparan. “Indonesia strongly condemns the award by the Oxford City Council for this person,” said the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry in a written statement ... <a title="Indonesia furious over Oxford award for Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/indonesia-furious-over-oxford-award-for-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia furious over Oxford award for Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Oxford City Council is to award West Papuan activist Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade for his tireless fight for West Papuan self-determination. Wenda, whom the United Kingdom granted political asylum in 2002, lives in Oxford with his family and it serves as the headquarters of ... <a title="West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/west-papuas-benny-wenda-to-be-awarded-oxfords-highest-honour/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2019
Michael Andrew’s Pacific Media Watch interview with Rosa Moiwend of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre By Michael Andrew West Papuan human rights defender Rosa Moiwend was in New Zealand this week, speaking about the need for more countries to challenge Indonesia on its human rights abuses in her homeland. Her New Zealand tour featured ... <a title="West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand, says Rosa Moiwend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/06/west-papuan-suffering-will-go-on-if-nz-doesnt-take-stand-says-rosa-moiwend/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand, says Rosa Moiwend">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Indonesia will use a landmark business and trade exposition next week in New Zealand to launch a fresh diplomatic push in the Pacific, as the Southeast Asian nation continues to face regional scrutiny over alleged human rights abuses in West Papua. The Pacific Exposition, which will take place in Auckland from July 11-14, ... <a title="Indonesia to make major Pacific pitch at NZ expo amid human rights scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/indonesia-to-make-major-pacific-pitch-at-nz-expo-amid-human-rights-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia to make major Pacific pitch at NZ expo amid human rights scrutiny">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Doused in black warpaint, draped in ammunition and clutching guns almost as big as some of them, the boys stare with hardened gazes into the camera. The photo, taken somewhere in Papua’s remote hills, is like countless others released by the West Papua Liberation Army, a rebel group waging war on the ... <a title="West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/west-papua-child-soldiers-in-cycle-of-violence-with-indonesia-military/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua child soldiers in ‘cycle of violence’ with Indonesia military">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2019
By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still being shaken by violence related to the election, including in the Papua region. At least six people died in clashes in the capital Jakarta, during protests against the election outcome ... <a title="Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/05/papuan-activists-dispute-indonesias-poll-numbers-claim-boycott-success/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2019
Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein By Dan McGarry in Port Vila During his visit to Port Vila last weekend, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was confronted with questions about West Papua – but he waffled in his responses. ... <a title="UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/un-chief-waffles-over-west-papuan-human-rights-violations/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Two West Papuans accused of “rebellion” have been sentenced to more than a year in an Indonesian prison. Yakonias Womsiwor and Erichzon Mandobar were detained in September when authorities raided the office of a Papuan independence group. According to their lawyer, Veronica Koman, a judge in the Timika district court sentenced Womsiwor ... <a title="Accused West Papuan independence activists jailed for ‘rebellion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/14/accused-west-papuan-independence-activists-jailed-for-rebellion/" aria-label="Read more about Accused West Papuan independence activists jailed for ‘rebellion’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
By Andrew Johnson Since 2004, a number of university papers have raised the question of genocide in the Pacific territory of West Papua administrated by Indonesia subsequent to a 1962 United Nations General Assembly vote to occupy the colony in defiance of the territory’s objections. Although the United Nations claims to be opposed to genocide, ... <a title="West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/west-papuan-speaker-silenced-when-trying-to-raise-un-agenda-issue/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Franzalbert Joku, a former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who changed sides and became an Indonesian government supporter, has died in Jayapura. Joku, a former journalist who controversially advocated autonomy for Papua within Indonesia rather than independence, died on Sunday aged 66 after illness linked with heart disease and ... <a title="West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/west-papuan-leader-who-advocated-compromise-with-jakarta-dies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2019
Indonesian army and police gather villagers in several sub-districts in Nduga and try to force them to “admit” to accusations that they are members of the pro-independence West Papua National Liberation Army (WPNLA). Video: Cafe Pacific By David Robie A human rights defender and researcher has warned in a new book published on the eve ... <a title="Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/16/indonesias-political-system-has-failed-minorities-like-papua-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans">Read more</a>
